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WASHINGTON--A former top official from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is seeking immunity from prosecution in exchange for testimony implicating former HUD Secretary Samuel Pierce in the scandal over influence peddling at the housing agency, sources said yesterday...
These sources, who asked not to be identified by name, said Deborah Gore Dean has informed congressional investigators she can testify that Pierce personally ordered funding for specific projects under the Section 8 Moderate Rehabilitation program. The program was briefly suspended after HUD auditors criticized the selection process and said a number of prominent Republicans had donated millions of dollars to their clients...
About 30 percent of the projects that have received HUD funding since the program was launched in 1983 are in default, the department said. Many were built in areas where there was not a sufficient shortage in housing for the elderly to support the projects, officials added...
...program was criticized in an internal audit by the HUD inspector general completed earlier this year...
Kemp announced his action as congressional aides said several prominent figures in the investigation will be called to testify again, including former HUD Secretary Samuel Pierce...